Sport | Speed Skating | |
FederationID | SSUSA12105200401 | |
NOC | United States | |
Born | 21 May 2004 in West Bend, WI | |
Gender | Men |
Languages | English | |
Occupation | Athlete |
Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
500m | 33.69 | 16 Feb 2024 | Calgary | |||
1000m | 1:05.37 | 26 Jan 2024 | Salt Lake City, UT | |||
1500m | 1:40.87 | 27 Jan 2024 | Salt Lake City, UT | |||
5000m | 6:14.76 | 09 Mar 2024 | Inzell | |||
10000m | 13:04.76 | 10 Mar 2024 | Inzell |
Main Achievements | ||||||
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Main Achievements |
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World Allround Championships | Event | |||||
World Allround Championships
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Allround | 1 | |||||
World Junior Championships | Event | |||||
World Junior Championships
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500m | 1 | |||||
1000m | 1 | |||||
1500m | 1 | |||||
5000m | 1 | |||||
Mass Start 10 Laps | 1 | |||||
Team Sprint | 1 | |||||
Allround | 1 | |||||
World Single Distances Championships | Event | |||||
World Single Distances Championships
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500m | 2 | |||||
1000m | 2 | |||||
1500m | 2 |
Hobbies | Hunting, fishing. (nytimes.com, 10 Feb 2022) | |
Memorable sporting achievement | Winning gold in the 500m, 1000m, and 1500m events at the 2023 World Single Distances Championships in Heerenveen, Netherlands. (eu.jsonline.com, 03 Mar 2023) |
Reason for choosing this sport | He and his sister Hannah were encouraged to try ice skating by their father Dirk after they watched the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver on television. Dirk developed a backyard pond for the siblings to skate on, complete with lighting. "I was watching the 2010 Olympic Winter Games and was amazed by the passes at high speeds and the lean in the turns." |
Most influential person in career | His parents. (wptv.com, 20 Feb 2022) | |
Hero / Idol | US speed skater Shani Davis, US short track skater Apolo Anton Ohno. (usspeedskating.org, 31 May 2023; si.com, 10 Feb 2022) |
Name of coach | Bob Corby [personal] | |
When and where did you begin this sport? | He began skating on a frozen pond at age five. The following year he joined Badger Speedskating Club in Wisconsin, United States of America. |
Sporting philosophy / motto | "I listen to my coach and then I can still do my own thing and figure out things for myself, something that the coach wouldn't understand." (nytimes.com, 10 Feb 2022) |
instagram.com/stolz_jordan_/ |
Milestones | He became the first male speed skater from any nation to win three individual events at a single edition of the world single distances championships when he was victorious in the men's 500m, 1000m, and 1500m at the 2023 edition of the tournament in Heerenveen, Netherlands. (SportsDeskOnline, 31 Oct 2023; eu.jsonline.com, 03 Mar 2023) At age 18 years and 286 days, he became the youngest speed skater from any nation to win a gold medal at the world single distances championships when he was victorious in the men's 500m at the 2023 edition of the tournament in Heerenveen, Netherlands. (SportsDeskOnline, 31 Oct 2023; isu.org, 01 Mar 2023) At age 18 years and 174 days, he became the youngest male speed skater from any nation to have won an individual race at a World Cup event. He claimed victory in the 1500m in 2022 in Stavanger, Norway. (SportsDeskOnline, 23 Nov 2022; tmj4.com, 17 Nov 2022) |
Club / Team | Team Albert Heijn Zaanlander: Netherlands |
Ambitions | To compete at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan-Cortina. (Instagram profile, 01 Jun 2023) | |
Awards and honours | In 2023 he received the Oscar Mathisen Award, which recognises the outstanding speed skating performance of the season. (usspeedskating.org, 31 May 2023) In 2023 he was named Athlete of the Year by US Speedskating. (usspeedskating.org, 01 May 2023) |
twitter.com/JordanStolz4 |
Championships results | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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Championships results
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2023/2024 | Four Continents Championships | 1000m | 1 | |||
2023/2024 | World Single Distances Championships | 1500m | 1 | |||
2023/2024 | World Allround Championships | Allround | 1 | |||
2023/2024 | World Allround Championships | 500m | 1 | |||
2022/2023 | World Single Distances Championships | 1500m | 1 | |||
2023/2024 | World Allround Championships | 1500m | 1 | |||
2023/2024 | World Single Distances Championships | 500m | 1 | |||
2023/2024 | World Single Distances Championships | 1000m | 1 | |||
2022/2023 | World Single Distances Championships | 500m | 1 | |||
2022/2023 | World Single Distances Championships | 1000m | 1 | |||
2021/2022 | World Sprint Championships | Overall | 4 | |||
2022 | Olympic Games | 500m | 13 | |||
2022 | Olympic Games | 1000m | 14 |
World Cups | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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World Cups
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2023/2024 | Tomaszów Mazowiecki | 1000m | 1 | |||
2023/2024 | Stavanger | 1500m | 1 | |||
2023/2024 | Salt Lake City, UT | 500m | 1 | |||
2022/2023 | Stavanger | 1500m | 1 | |||
2022/2023 | Calgary, AB | 1000m | 1 | |||
2023/2024 | Quebec, QC | 500m | 1 | |||
2023/2024 | Salt Lake City, UT | 1000m | 1 | |||
2023/2024 | Salt Lake City, UT | 1000m | 1 | |||
2022/2023 | Stavanger | 1000m | 1 | |||
2023/2024 | Salt Lake City, UT | 1500m | 1 | |||
2022/2023 | Tomaszów Mazowiecki | 1500m | 1 | |||
2023/2024 | Quebec, QC | 1000m | 1 | |||
2023/2024 | Quebec, QC | 1500m | 1 | |||
2023/2024 | Quebec, QC | 500m | 1 | |||
2023/2024 | World Cup Classification | 1500m | 2 | |||
2023/2024 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 2 | |||
2021/2022 | Calgary, AB | 1000m | 2 | |||
2022/2023 | Tomaszów Mazowiecki | 1000m | 2 | |||
2022/2023 | Tomaszów Mazowiecki | 500m | 2 | |||
2022/2023 | Calgary, AB | 1500m | 2 | |||
2022/2023 | Calgary, AB | 500m | 2 | |||
2023/2024 | Tomaszów Mazowiecki | 1500m | 2 | |||
2023/2024 | Obihiro | 1500m | 2 | |||
2022/2023 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 3 | |||
2022/2023 | World Cup Classification | 1500m | 3 | |||
2022/2023 | Heerenveen | Team Sprint | 3 | |||
2023/2024 | Obihiro | 500m | 3 | |||
2023/2024 | Obihiro | 1000m | 3 | |||
2023/2024 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 4 | |||
2022/2023 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 5 | |||
2021/2022 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 23 | |||
2023/2024 | World Cup Classification | 5000/10000m | 25 | |||
2021/2022 | World Cup Classification | Mass Start | 27 | |||
2021/2022 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 34 | |||
2022/2023 | World Cup Classification | 5000/10000m | 45 |